"Thy Heart, Courtwell, is like a Looking-Glass, it presently receives the Image of what is represented before it, and as soon loses it"
— Bullock, Christopher (bap. 1690, d. 1722)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Wood and T. Sharpe, for A. Bettesworth
Date
1717
Metaphor
"Thy Heart, Courtwell, is like a Looking-Glass, it presently receives the Image of what is represented before it, and as soon loses it"
Metaphor in Context
MAN.
But apt and reasonable, Faith Charles: a free Jointure is the most attractive Grace in a Widow. I grant you may in the height of your Passion, say a world of fine Things of the Woman; but believe me, you amorous Wasps, that make such Musick about the Gally-pot, come only for the Honey that's in't: But is it possible thou can'st have a real Passion for the Widow?
COURT.
Why not? She has Youth and Good-Nature, and her Beauty is able to soften the most obdurate Heart.
MAN.
Thy Heart, Courtwell, is like a Looking-Glass, it presently receives the Image of what is represented before it, and as soon loses it: But you have a very powerful Rival that you don't know of yet, Sir Amorous Vain-wit.
COURT.
I have seen the Gentleman, but have no Acquaintance with him. What sort of a Spark is he?
But apt and reasonable, Faith Charles: a free Jointure is the most attractive Grace in a Widow. I grant you may in the height of your Passion, say a world of fine Things of the Woman; but believe me, you amorous Wasps, that make such Musick about the Gally-pot, come only for the Honey that's in't: But is it possible thou can'st have a real Passion for the Widow?
COURT.
Why not? She has Youth and Good-Nature, and her Beauty is able to soften the most obdurate Heart.
MAN.
Thy Heart, Courtwell, is like a Looking-Glass, it presently receives the Image of what is represented before it, and as soon loses it: But you have a very powerful Rival that you don't know of yet, Sir Amorous Vain-wit.
COURT.
I have seen the Gentleman, but have no Acquaintance with him. What sort of a Spark is he?
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Provenance
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Citation
Eight entries in ESTC (1717, 1729, 1731, 1732, 1770, 1717, 1759, 1760).
See Christopher Bullock, Woman is a Riddle; a Comedy: as it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields (London: Printed by T. Wood and T. Sharpe, for A. Bettesworth, 1717). <Link to ECCO>
See also Woman is a Riddle: A Comedy, 2nd ed. (London: A. Bettesworth, 1729). <Link to Google Books>
See Christopher Bullock, Woman is a Riddle; a Comedy: as it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields (London: Printed by T. Wood and T. Sharpe, for A. Bettesworth, 1717). <Link to ECCO>
See also Woman is a Riddle: A Comedy, 2nd ed. (London: A. Bettesworth, 1729). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
10/13/2004
